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THE CENTRAL CANCER REGISTRY, MELBOURNE, 1940–1970
Author(s) -
Rankin D. W.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87837.x
Subject(s) - cancer registry , cancer , medicine , family medicine
In 1940, the Anti‐Cancer Council of Victoria established a Central Cancer Registry, the first of its kind in Australia. This paper commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Registry, and gives an outline of the history of cancer registration in general, and of this Registry In particular.